ITS has published its fifth consecutive annual report. The 2017-2018 Annual Report shares the department’s achievements over the past year in enhancing the technology capabilities for the UNC-Chapel Hill campus community. ITS has focused over the past academic year on … Read more
The third annual Tar Heel Tech Fair drew an estimated 600-700 members of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus community for free food, swag, prizes, information about tech services, and a visit with a 6-foot-tall plush fish. ITS organizes the Tech Fair … Read more
Carolina Technology Consultants boosted engagement among the University’s IT professionals and facilitated discussion of the latest technologies at the group’s annual BarCamp unconference on May 17. BarCamp drew 50+ More than 50 technologists from across the University and beyond came … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill will retire the Andrew File System (AFS) on November 13, 2018. The statement is simple. More interesting and intricate, however, are the prudent steps the campus is taking to assist users through the decommissioning process and the history … Read more
Since February, instructors and students at Dey Hall have benefited from a new active-learning classroom created with a seldom-used approach to renovation. ITS Teaching & Learning and other University groups collaborated to convert Dey 205 and 207 into one larger, … Read more
Down the hill and through the woods, Carolina’s Outdoor Education Center on Country Club Road needed more reliable and less expensive phone and internet service. The center’s carrier wasn’t promising service improvements any time soon, and leasing an energy company’s … Read more
ITS Enterprise Applications has launched another round of “Most” Lunches to recognize hands-on users of ConnectCarolina and to learn from attendees what works and what can be improved in the ConnectCarolina system. The monthly lunches also enable peer-to-peer sharing of … Read more
In January, ITS Digital Services delivered a new custom WordPress website to the University’s Arts Everywhere group. The website provides Arts Everywhere with the comprehensive platform the organization needs to communicate about the initiative — what Arts Everywhere is, its … Read more
The new Carolina Planning website better serves the department’s needs while also attracting attention. Since ITS Digital Services created and launched the WordPress website for the Department of City and Regional Planning in October, other UNC-Chapel Hill departments have been … Read more
ITS ResNET doesn’t rest. ResNET, the program that provides onsite IT support, education and the technology infrastructure for UNC-Chapel Hill residence halls, has been as busy as ever the last few months. ResNET, which is short for Residential Networking, Education & … Read more
A new makerspace is now available to students, staff and faculty at Carmichael Residence Hall, thanks to a collaboration between ITS ResNET, Carolina Housing, BeAM, OASIS and the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Launched Fall 2017 The 3,000-square-foot center, called Blue Makerspace, … Read more
The newest addition to the Alert Carolina Emergency Notification System is now available for desktop and laptop Windows and Mac OS computers on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Alert Carolina is now offering the Alertus Desktop Notification client to campus as … Read more
